Archive: August 16, 2009
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FYI: If you’re looking for another Superdry retailer in New York City, look no further than Macy’s Herald Square. The small, dedicated Superdry section is located on the 1 1/2 floor on the 7th Avenue side of Macy’s (it’s in the mens section). Visit the Superdry website for more product info.

This had me laughing pretty hard. [via]

On August 16, 2009, Usain Bolt broke his own previous world record of 9.69 seconds during the Berlin World Championships. Bolt ran the the 100m track in 9.58 seconds becoming the fastest human on record. SAY WHAT!!!

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David McCandless created this wonderful infographic showing how you can reduce your chances (statistically speaking) of dying in a plane crash by making a well-informed decision about who you fly with, where you fly to (and from), and what type of aircraft you’re flying in. The graphic above won The Guardian’s Data Store competition. Click [...]

I don’t speak or read Japanese, so if anybody wants to help translate the details of this video, please feel free to enlighten me in the comments. Anyway, from what I gather, this is a music video by Alva Noto called “Unitxt u_08-1″ with the voice of Anne-James Chaton. The video was directed by Carsten [...]

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I saw District 9 last night with Danny. The movie is pretty insane to say the least and it’s a bit deeper than most sci-fi flicks I’ve seen mainly because it deals with humanitarian issues (but in terms of aliens, of course). The movie brings up lots of issues about descrimination — if you haven’t [...]